The Sun. — London, England, 1809-05-10 00:00:00

IMPERIAL, PARLIAMENT. HOI/SE OF:`PEE'RS►, TUESDAY ' IVAY 9, . The Tiouse this day at.three'o'akek went into a on);tle6 61 - Pi ivileges upon the Strafford Peerage, Coutiel. was licard at the Bar in behalf of the ci:cdant. PORTUCAL. 'lite Earl of favtutrboot. moved • the Order of the Illyllor hiking into eirnsideration hip; Majesty , s Mes— sk,-wre:;peiiint; a . Loan of . Cion,oool.. to thy:: Prince Regent , of:Portugal, and atttr'observing-,tipon the • siiieenty ani4' A ,4-io titith, , of the HOose:of Bragariza to-' scAlds'..thisnCountry, andqhe—privations ...they had'. sobjecied , theitselves to, rather than submivto.the %,' tilbatjlie' FT(.4;',01 Itk;tery shoved tin humble Ad dresk, te his Mtrie:ity for his graCibuS communication, attfLimpartinglO - his' Majesty the uniformcOncur rettee4g their Lordships to the measure proposed. . 4itritr.llol•: , ,, at, Nba*Filii.tt did.. , not rise to give any opipoilillton whar4deverlo the Leah . mentioned; ion thurouttary, , he'sincerely thought.that there-'was no .3.444l`tilsq‘bijeAty's reign, 'With resp - ea .to muniti-, ectibitti.i foreign Pozentates;liiarked more with gir.-lmnitty, hurn.4nity,- or .4iidorn, than 'this, and, orirriskAk were: nridwilitedly entitled to credit for it: - BiniwhiLit be coneed6:i to all this, h would not, have it untlermoc.ft that.: li(' •recognizecl' that Which was now understood ti.iekist, nathely, 'our speonlating onyiThoro;in attempii fo-resiat the' impetuous strides of Tirane e dver !lid; Cgotittetit:of Euirope, and by . fiti ii I Ii klgoli and ill -lila n tied, Cori ventiOn, ti n der, ake' the . glizritlitioe of their deliverctnce. - ' There was a gallant ' Gilii:l44 . l,;erne out,- and'gallatirlroops were under his CORlRlfiriCij:heefitiltiiiiigihlo doubt 'but that they all, • woulildn tltHr duty : ' hut. he f6red it ‘voulttall . be' ' of uli avail: He dreaded it, bet. he anticipated it, that . itithe efforts, to save' the PetiinSuli from the grasp of theConqueror,' thiTo..iould ultimately meet the late of thlise:ttiat , Went before thein. His Gmee added, t hat he did filot evon'thiok it 'poi c'y for Countrythi . to eutitehd fhb i ighi' of 'Soverettity in, any Con tioeutal etrogr;ile. our chic! wn,idotn,, in his opir q err, at Ore, setit eorisistd: in nittl , :in , r §tiolr'ri peace . els';wovdd .s.,'ev , theititegrily ol• Our vdozni4ons; :hid keep the lon ". nn of Frat Ice from reaching Our oriental tiossess•ida:'` 'l2ll4Aild-Veis,:iib:far:vicrit related to the Loan, hid hi; lwatitycSiii:ol.4ncl.t; . titt he thtingrit that ,the: fid olity of thOfintiie7irt . Brakabia,lhoir tifl'ering , ;',' a n d our owb'aighlty,:iiiruditirAl!d to ii an exertion of our '1 i hettlitY: 'ld L . ' '''' ' '' ' ' . ' ''' ' 'I he'Ettifortiii t c*fNciliAisp rii,h di.' not ' altogether defipond.'6l4vetitnaf, good s i.it - ririiing from odi sirtialeTdr'the*CinitineCr, but'he s i no , altogether ' eatisfied as to I,:tc , eXpenditure cif the nitiney oelOte the Cotiyention or Treaty resp'is:egg it took place, and he . • . parsotne , questrons' relake 'td 'ibis point . to the' Noble Secretaiy:' ' ' " -t•' ' . '-'. •!-' - ,,,1 ~ . . EJ,:be irtsrl of Lrvett.root,,auswered•Them m ost sn isL. .falitoniftilnd tlle queition 'was , agreed to non, dis. i , " •• ; 1,0..0 A 41M:1,11'1A • • (.)i) the thotiorvor ttioEfirl` LivEritiont„ tirt. Or de"ittit Ire Day Ati;Ei .rdailbt6r 't be • fioUSe 'taking into' consideration-.the i.oi tl Milititt•Bi)!; when his Lord y pct itrtl t he,' nerits , of the • Bill, :and con clatteAt witlr .runvlng that it tk now rod i% 1; . ct.410 • c. t; n his:ralti'nn-ti short clisolission arras, th& quostiortAvvi 4upporttA upon the pilbiie.piiimiples of • . The Pe4rs;who spoke in favour .:01 it t4vete, the Earl of Liverpoo', Lord Harrowby, and the-Earl of WostnThieland. ' . Xliose • who •oppoid it Avert!, 4019- .Fitzwilliam A the Ma ririi4 , tOt . iuglas, and Lord Set kirk. The :griinntkOf oviiosition were, ihiit it would overate - to weaken; oar infernal strength, and be `destrukilive of our , bNt dclence, a cOnstautional army. The question,. however, was carried without a divi-,° sion o amt the BittAvai ordered tote committed to 4 mono I.IOUSE:'OF 'COMMONS, • TUESDAY,' MAY 0., On - motion of .Mr: Alderman SnXw, 'the Temple Pm- Improvetnent 1 was read a third time . , ;in.& • Air . : SiTitotl:Bca,rw.vii.olminod leavelb bring In a Hill, to vo:;t in hill .N•,ljesty's Bands certain tarts'of Win;liur Purest, in Ilk; coi.nity of Bin h r.:hire, flotiie went Into a Committee. on the Nl - A 1, tho Report of which was ordered to b,: heaDl i:vitist the, 'Woollen 1414nti. Bill, in a cotblutttee.—Qidered for re-c01t 5id:..,1.3C.4)..1 11 ii'ridi.t)" next. I,ora, ..N.lti:ropa brought in a [till to onable Judgea in try c3u,;..!-; ill their owi) counties, Which Was read a t iti , 4 , cond time on Ivion sc'nl.4;llt, ay.,' (0 t;c priott:/). A. 111(!$Siit ) 4 trc,rtt t ...,pounced their Lord . t;s;t:Tit to the Suo..lerland Ilarbour Bill, and so- Pfit,'“tt; hills. motion cif ',lr, PARNEi,L it Wax agreed, 1-10;1.,0%,h0nid on ,I , 'riday nekt.re3olvcitatLt imp a (.. , fitort.;ittely. l'ythes !Si, titv . ,..( 4 , 1 . 4 i- ail A6eonnt of the Grants trrt's«:the .Flrst Fruit)! w IrWtid whtcli s i t ttl he tinci(mstood the (3;12.n. FA.cheipter hrouf4,ltt li)rtivarcl the, AVtlys ‘,‘,1:1,1y, for vatto , i, reastins be I.ll4tuNl .; (Inoition to 1114 flight CC:11• t' II tr.',iv,•ct tr) I.mteries, Fie intended to !,,; havo v'i),lo for an opi;‘)rtitnity t; T ., th-ct, before tite Widget came out. 1,.. notice, 'that his would move to ttt t; tit.' 1101'iriC i2l 1 . 001,i rc , iolve itself into a .1 , IL! :1 ,t rehttiv; to A.nterictin ships, cotlt.iitions.ch which they were permitted to , to this cotintry. 91ScoTLANn brought t. Itttliort or the Coninlittoo on the Scotch .t.l W3S.Zigreed to, and the, third ordered t()-'..nt)rrow: it, tiowAtt D NAisheki to kliow if it wis , t he inter).- Iligils:14(?1 - 1,Getttlectlan op , , i )(yac.; to tako •,„ , • ‘c..•. , •toptions , fIQLI trio Ittegitte Lix, sallov,t.Al .1 -: ? • ' .c C,:iIANI , ,:ELtOIt of tlitFixellEaVEß it was , tittoitikst) (10. Nit-. moved tor leave to hring in a JAW: to to:ter prov[siorf for enforcing the, 4.0 s relative and Mixes, iii Irelaad. htwried:through tin House, as he ,W 34 sorry 'to say too nmettiof the Irish business*frequently was.: Mr. 'FOSTER had to wish t this, or any,ether Bill,' Should-he improperly hurried throughthe: House. That no grounds ibr complaint should exist' • in the present instance, he would more that the Bill • should ,ho. , printed., togive every-Gentleman-au-op,- portunity of becoming acquainted with the .provi , sions it contained. Sir Jolla NEWPortt explained,' and leave was granted. . Mr. FOSTER, moved for leave to bring in a Bill to rinienil several A6ti for regulating the collecting of the Duties on the sale of Spirits in Ireland. :S 4 , tiftera short conversation between. Mr.` Barnard, 11r. Foster, : and Sir John Newport, leave was granted to bring in the Bill. The Cointnittee on the Irish Assize Fees Bill was postponed till .to-morrow. CAMPAIGN IN SPAIN. Lord TRINIPLII rose, to call the attention of the , House to.tlie conduct of his - Majesty's Ministers, at disk when they were.plaeed ili ditteatioreas Ito portant 89 ever any Ministers had been placed in by the' zeaVand liberality ot a'generons *Pie; forthe attainment . of an object the greatest.- which modern times had, presented to the world. Though he did not. mean ter trespass 'long on their patience; yet ho felt it necessary to claim - their fullest indulgence. - - The Public voice had already decided on the merits of then forees employed •in the late campaige. Z'he rtie . mory of those who fell in the unequal struggle. had, alreadj , been done justice to;' and would undoubted ,ly be..handeddown to posterity with, the preedeir. ' hoeoera that could hove heetkleyished oe them, had, .tlieir,exertions been crowned with the most brilliant sticeeSS,and'sti.Cceedediv . theinost solid advantages: It 'Was noti therefore, on them, that they' were called to sit in judgment,. but eu.,:theseyhosemis tuatiagerneet bad rendered.Xile noblest efforts, of, va lour tinitYtailitig. • It Was not the'Colnerinider • of •t he • toll* recently , sent Spain that obliticiny ought.to tall., Living, his merits had been a4ltnow ledged as. a, General, and dead l .the tribute of.,gta-. tit ode to departed worth,' had, 'not been Wit I die; d horn the gallant soldier. Th 6 hotiourk he Merited had: been freely. awarded 'by his admiring ceult trymen, and it was well they been ; it was . well the tlnetny were; not • exclusively allowed the honour at raising a •moriunieM to the - memory el' the departed hero. But anobler monument existed even than the marble raised over his grave by an ad ng enemy —the land on which bet led hisharrassed followers to vielory, 'on which blood .was shed; was his monument--hisniontitlient was in the hearts' of hiS soldiers. Since then, the chs;isferS 'whieh had' 'befallen ms• ;were -not to be attributed -, to the soldiei . 44 employed,,, nor to. the General : by. whom they.. were commanded, the blame must either attech t imelf his Majesty's Min !;tors who dirti:lCLl die" orio the alliesvhose battles we tel4.re teilfight; tftid With wierru.his , Akaiesty' ; s Ministere : had concluded a treaty, which he helleved.was perfeCilyteleXampled ; a treaty' no — ieeiprocity of-ad vantageT tfretealy3sy Ilotind ourselves fin, them, and ,to- eekeowledge , . the' eoy.,,miniy•of any man they, may elevate to, the throne, even should the stiprenie power be ,vestedin the . haiitk of hitu•againSt Wtioth we now fight. '`He was fai• from saying we' should desert our. allies *hen • they were in distress, but such a treaty he could not retrain Flom censuring. If our allies were so siinated, as it should seem - they were, that th e y cou ld' not ' dire4t their own councils, it could not be. imagined' that his Majesty's Ministers wouldStatenit-to theta . the direction of ours; we ought nor, therefore, ,to lefer'fb them 'as' the source from which our disasters took their rise. One excuse then, and one only; re mained for Ministers to reaert. to, thst events which no bunion. foresight couldeuticipate had occurred to Oman our projects, and render' our exertions vain ; but he would , prove ,from doetilbents betbye them, that the disasters we had experienced might.reiturrilly, 1)e. expetted to result from ; the measures they had adepted he YOuld 'accuse I hart of misconduct, and ground hiS accusation' on the very papers they had brought -fortkind in their defence. Europe, by events which haftled the edbris of' very unclectend ing, which the 'most experienced could not antici pate, had been almost wholly subjedled to the will of an indiVidual. Eh;sland 'tilotiedared to ayow.het hostility to the power th a t l i ed Sabjugeted the Con tinemat rations: .• Surrounding kites doors; by their fall, lay in a.State cab torpid uraCtivity. Thu clout! which we had long beheld eta diStatteo now seemed .0 -pprOaelt,. and awfully 'hovered .over our heads.. While my. prosneet s were darkened by the - Most tremendous gloom on a sudden ,the • light of the Spanish RevulutiotibUrst on our wondering eyes, and is glardiy hailed es the ii.iy-Spring of liberty, as the harbinger of Europe's emancipation- by ell - ranks and Classes.in England. But one with existed in our ahat being; foremost of the hands . app o i n ted to aid the cause,of t' Spahish patriotism,. But one re-' I et was telt, that Of being deeit'd the glory of ear- Ithipaiingin 'the sanguinary condiet. • Such were the auspices under which his Majesty's Miniaters.CoM meneed their preparations, but soon were they blasted; It' a an es.isteci in . En , 43nd b4SelenOngh to .wish the ;;anguitio hopes geilerally entertained might 604in:disappointm en t, how soon was he gra- , •tin , c.t to Intl of his wisnes. in the outset, .1110 ouse *outlined by the telly of Ministers - , in repe.,redly sending tale General after another, with 'out knowitig wllat'lvis - prOecessor had done, or even what he was expected "to accomplish.. The .conse. qupice of theie ill-concerted arraugemeors yJias'the Convention of eintra. However various the opi nions.wcie on . thA.Convention; thete was oue point on+ditch tile feW who approved, and the Many who disapproved 'of 'it, were agreed, parody, that that ConYention might,enable our troops to ad ill-Spaiti .earlier than- they Otherwise , couidbed hostilities heed protra - Cted. Sir Arthur Wellesley had stated, that it tilek-Campeign in Portugal hid been prolonged'We should 'have been glad, in December, to negotiate for what we obtained : icy .August. How happened. tt Miniaters tailed to avail themselves of this ad- Yitotagel. ..Our troops atituelly remained there ie a state, of inactivity till December, 'Where Was then dial. vigour,. Where - - that adiiiity oil which' They. set lti sly Veltre: themselves I ' The only rtisiance in which their boasted activity was displayed, ippoarod in ,their.,so speedily °removing the 224090 Vtp , ocifvol.; diets place trot:)' which they: could easily be brought,to attack our allies with . greater effect. — The Noblc Lord then spoke of the policy. &assisting . „ tagal.e' It might be matter of eenside a ratib Whether . iacit.ou to r lt,.teotildeot have been better to have taken posses eeuire.6:6lifteiCit:ittaeltorlyaniie o n i ttel jo s t e r h a ß ye a t t in n a d p r;e endeavouredep • •-erety so asee have the Sierra Morena .in front, the I English and Spanish 'combined Fleets near, and Grbralter , to-fell- back npon:. ten, sleiuld -.net have gone to 'the - North when we ,went to the South ; and whether when at length we did go to the Sonde, we bitihr not to have goneeoebte North. Ministers appeared unable to carry their own: measures :into execution. In May, applications for assistance were Made to this country by the' Mpaiiish Petriets. . Towards the latter end of July, Junot.tearrendered•--On the Ist of tAn-• pet,: Jopepit e ,Buottaparte was compelled to retreat from Madrid ; and on the 14t1of s . • I' eepteneoei,, JUO.• naparte, in a message to the Senate; declared it his tentidnAolubjagate, the whole-peuiusulaiiFSpaity, - - - and t banked stars that , the ,I3ritish Goverunlent was mad enough to Waste the cotintry's resources by_ sending out such' an 'expedition. From diet' (u l na not a inement was lost on his• part,. and - a•vast 'artsik - waseittlekly removed from the .Banks of the ViStUl4 to the Pyrenees. In ehe mean time nothing had been efft-Eted on our part, no was it till September that the Noble Lord opposite Wrote a- letter from Dew:Mtg. - street to inform Sir. ilew Dalrymple how' ,he was to" and then (and not till then) ,Lord: *min& was spot out to gain ipforMation of thee 'real itaie - of Spein. If hitt-,AttjeSty's 'Ministers were •to state, •as an -•excuseifer:'„itheir pond**, . that exaggerated atatetnents of.. the ,uneans- of de,. fence a the Spaniard's had led+ thein into error, that' . excuse, he would contend, Ougferiot to be -Admitted, ,asittliat were thelaat e they Wererenetteable farenot eippoiennteeteeper agents, and. stood respousiLle.- ler the mieconduct of those sent on a tukiion so impork am' 113dtifris *ifs not the tan e in no one in - eariee:did it appear theyliad been deceived i visterifirate letter. from Leml Bentinck 'irewesettiflittetly titiatecte: that the Spanish army was dieerianieredendAliat. it..•was imp r essible not' to belitree,'if thi • TteCtrcli%Thfill the Ebro (who-were then b Lit 46 it) 0 Vitt (WI i t ii 4 t a forward ctiOviretent, the:Spen'sauislugtittellt, The evidence of Gen. Broderick wee !W eimilar, • • tt'- • I * yfit wer oh' (Ilea eveneeed wa4 neiirl telt e tom - -municationaj: rticetvatib9tl l ib's 'agents; • they •could, not theeefereesee elptetstne-theteettadeiSr: of att excuse. Lord Brettinelc h eete e e yew, prey - e the ca'riitiargn in the -Nortt) 'The first person •litetnet was Don TleinittS'Mdfla, kept spcik eery much in, favour* of the- North et.sSpitinsaeting fixed upon as Ole part. to which ireeps shOuld be: sent. - 'But with the:Ckeefitions of Morin and: Buonaparte; (LtiriPlierriple) believed rio'kine else could approve of stich a' plan. - Mona begged'• -" for God's sake, '' me that en) ti might.,be lost in • •:.,4r • i.setiding troops . thither. is.nowner as they,nOie do the • ee eharae:ter of thee Mati;'t'hey could 'net be surprised that - he should Pe eiterse •to :theiremaiebing -to. they South. It was not till the Vdthof.September, eltate H the - Noble Lord opposite wrote eo•Sir Hugh . Dal rytr,l,ie, and to Sir eldefeMetAie, him - to march into the eNtdrth -80-rrin. . -On the' 28 tit he'e NV rot:: to Sir David , 13sirhl,, Hireling him tb Anarc.h•' to Centime., Xet it wits not till the 14th of Ocoe e . tOber,that Lord Bentittat'eets - !nide 'aCettaintett with * the circumstance el its bing the inteutioo of, Go ' venni - tea to sendtSir Itairel to Centime .(theday fitter 'he arrived • thereye 'Ouerel Leit)i, it appear ed, ,had been direetedmot to•let the Spin:eels know whaf efforts, we, were about to make •it t their , cause. We were to • do good, but not to let them lest it ,shouldeitiae their teeptfaations. 'lylic Noble Lord then censured the great want of cavalry Winch' had. been so generally complained •of, . It had been said otter the . coeehtsion oc the Convention of Ciutra, that there was stalicient time to genii a sup ply •of Cavalry, -bat till the .trttesperts then in the. Tagus were disengagtfel, none could be sent ,to:bis) assistance, Ott,the stibjeat of covitlry,traeseeits, rte could net ibelp calling to the recoile'etion 7 4 - the No ble Lord opposite, e-teharge which,' on -that'paitied- Jar,' Noble Lord had made ell his•prexiactessors.in; office, beceuscetikey, had not be, thened the eottrety with 'the expenditure attendant on cavalry trauTerts at a-period wl4ritestich an' expenditure wile totally wineveasary. ,Mhch had.' been heard of the ;diffi culty and expepee :which to ,the e presene instehee evOuld have accompanied sueli,,eqOptne:nts; but why, he would ask, were large ships sefitited to rot , 'in our harbours, which wheeler be of infiniteservic i e toisetrcle Completing so ,eecessery eet tebjea,?. On the 'etitli of September the troops ,leave England„ and yet arrive not at Corunna • till the. gtlrof Nov ember;' another. notable' instance- this ot - the ac tivity and eembleittiou of hijs Mejestt 's Ministers. Yet that they tney preserve their usual consistenth t oughoul, they - were even totally ignorant of their own means, as appeared from the dare-tailed arrange , mews respeEting the ititercheogeeof • . transports tweet'. Sir D. Beird and Sir J. Moolv. Was it not the Only, he would oe hislleitisty's Ministers to pre- Ore for Sir D. krird'slanditig at 'Conning.? and jet that ()dicer :was wholly unproviiled,: , With money. when he landed. The Noble ,Lord opposite bad re-. ceived letters from Sir D. Bait - due the iiebje6t of these 'Omissions:- It would, hoWever, appear, that' I'V'ea•- te Lind did tibt..: hold an-exclusive patent lovwara Of - foresight throughout this busittess.. Mr; Linder, Secretary Cooke 'was as mita innate in his . selections, •as d be clearly evinced by referring to the coin municatiuns• Lunde to hum' by Capt. Kennedy, a per Sou of his owe itepointruent. It_wits stated by Capt. Kennedy, that - the Junta had no ohjeetiott to -the latiding of our fOrce, and yet, if We :looked to dates, it would - be' found that the Junta tee wished. for, thet•tanding. Notwitbstanding , the eteutnunieation from the juntato that eirea, Mr. under Secretary Cooke. wrote to press the landing of the treepse• Buonaparte, it would seem, flew to the ; accomplishment 01 1 leis designs onithe wings of the eagle, while the Noble Lord . crept forward to op pose theme on the beak Of the tortoise. Yet at one time the Noble - Lord •did indeed stop the it ozen car.' rent, bud depart froth the snail-like - si - nuosities of' his course---buthoW ? by writing on . the. ed . ,Nasetn— ber a letter generally stating that some. great effort Must be Made for thteeause of Spain, and but fewedays - previous iO - the deteruetioe Oft tee Spanish artnies., The einherketioee9l, Sir D,,Beirefaid not commence till the t . itit Odolw, the day 011. which . Buoneparte opened the'eantpaigiebriP*Ebro,: With: 1:3 - 0,60wrno). , '77No plait , had lielsit , given•ihreAli-Johre: `Motire to ad .-upon; in faa the Noble Lord seemed totally to discourage the idea - of any plan at all. Till the 14th of Nevernbilr; the NOble Lord never thought Sir John Moore on the nece-sity of ad4lPLiag a P 4 / 1 2 him n tl oe ) i., lf, the but ltu y a e t i t c'i‘ without ilin the amount, and situation of the Spanish armies, with i.. which he would then ,find ... .w,hich Sir J. l‘vioore was dire&ed - to- aEt. . The only plan suggested by the . Noble I suggesting any thing as to I Lord was, -that if lie (Sir -.1 . . Man re) frilittrrfire. - SrinT4GlifillgliFifire ll4 y one individual, he alie4ld place hirriself under his com- mand, and on the contrary, if nail& the comatmd of many, he shrvald apt in concert, with thaw iiriwe3 in his neighbourhood. In this communication of the Noble Lord, the mast important part was that which required Sir John Moore to place himiell under the Commander who may teen ibe entrusted with the condua.of the .SPatish armies. .The Noble' Lord haAgveti ltioiself no troutke to infinite who, that person'inay be, and dins were cutn:hittea toilliard• and - rOiiittoc* the execution of our. ineistlies and to flower of. Aur army.. 'There were indeed-maaf i istalices , of ..Bri:ish con td and Britisli valehr . to - I 1 ,, ~., , • ...- ' • , Setmet with under the din. t ion of foreign leaders; be Would even still say' with eonlideptie;lliat Oleic were 1 matey: with , Ninatt) the. British antis would aot 6:tail a,.diminution of their .lustre, by bLiag .sebjecited,lq their command, 'hut:i a i Liens the iir,t i ost,,nce whert..i: . in our troops ' wer4 -a l. f;p . ointed -t5 'flttt oar l;a:Ile,4, i without inquiry h,:incroade, as to tlin4itnesstot ll,ol. ()dicer _under whont,theY were. t. l , s'''''' ( ;.: 4 ,_';,, W4)41 ,, 4 i be fresh in 'the' reeoltee.ii..l3 of FlGliourabh.! uotti.r : . , , ,men, that in the 'A`,.lni n itils - tratieti'oe T ,Ir. ildf-t r itt.'" - 'tort;..when a charge ltaillkilio rrilidte-4.tittinqt Mintit#4 .. t of haling not 4mo 0 suriicien t for VortOgol aLtbilrO r ,... l ' .' tiod„.it was answqred hy the p?...:•540., Lord 1 - ..ivife,i4. 1 .. 3 i , : tharthe'iNirtugiteie\Voul.l ,;,...)i . ;ti t'it' f.rit f13>,:0,1591 . . agree to put themselves ender an c ; I ;i 4 ., e;: •4iiW,ot . knotima.bijitiesi and tliN iltsvicr . .w:Li'lecett4a 3 bf ;..,the Ppposition,as a iliiiici:nit ty“:,iii,4. d . It wa:i,:i'':4 ictro Wit . that' pbp - Ular 'effl. - !rvese . Yn.:d.;"l,l4: „ .d sotri!. and, placed others in their room tit iks own eitsC)re tion. It Was thii'Whicfr'sitbstitutert the Doc Da Pit:famed°, in place of , C31113110S; sittt . set uli Tista- fox as the Saragoss4n „coat ftiander.,.. liad durttiae, 1..), , ,•:i as Willa as the Nohha l.nrd, it Wai unknown into i 'what dingt;rs this inkin - t1 ion miy . h,!'ve -hid Sir 3. :i‘iloore • •Morla,riii , sk‘ then itt the,,Govertintent of . ' fl -.5p , ...i4), ...ipittyal eqpny, lyiqt a l i t: tp,cii, facility, 1.16'... ,at the bead of its armies. Hadhebeen so, and led 1:1 1 ; perenifititirily'ordered the advaae`of Sir 5. Moore t •Madrid;'Sir-J. .11titietn4 cimakltitirit, 4.withettt , vio-• , ; Itting his directions, and being guilty, aVitittobor— dlna.q9n, Ivftisq #!( 0 P1PIY - Nvi t 11 114,- , 941 0 111'* 3 a pLitsfin . Whore'itikieer `w til as t :lenity brit totiiie, hit-Ltd-sell i slitkli riterests)l:-cif +is - cell Orr.' ''' Wee such to -be the case, Sir,j,. Moore; ' with . Itisjvallv . Could infallibly, have fallen into the ,suar,is.9f 1 1 'ellen*' by pUrodilfg the injuneticnii' of this p);lci • J ; -.! Under such circumstances as: t bese-itivaiiiiitat Sir .C.,.. IVI dor e fo oil d I i itbself. at. -S'S agna :lex. , s ; 1 levV , no cans* to that part of the scene wherein Mr. lirere made so .. . `cintispicitous figure. He ~.trust yd tha,,t,A‘g44.l4YY ''ktrew hOwio aPpreCiate ti,;e; s,l-: , lCes p 1 this, ,41)(..';'..., 4 , • '' 01 h '.t- l Aliai deg' . tan: •Ti v..as not-, • tr..eet,; to, ~cr o , , ~. hose let t ems . should:brecoairea I e-(% li.<4tiolv W : i7r4. lit'Poil" . .4 , t from Ministers, it they ,had .l:)teq 142 MlfrytitjOnt,' . . . ". their heatts'-blood.. It - was 110 t said hy tlieg,ll l 9: ' •-• anise letters wete private, iii.ir*Odlif''h riew . , .. nublindlingly asserted 4h at tirey t.vetbia, ,0y4., ' .: . i a public n.iture ? l' 4•y h;31 , ,h(14.1*Vt); tikoil.:Ava,“` - ; I 0(1 as private', but if tiry had c!iFt, i it , :.: : . appi::\T , ! tl, it the tvrit,T mo.tnt tlii_...;.ii td 04,,..'' i'' ' :,.. , iii 3 1, public record .01. a most ,-'7ltll iinitr , . ..; , j.rt " . of h i, , o i,,;„„. i t v ,• ; . s t!.•1; ~ :;id they. were iiii , a , .- r porton!, Hat! they i:. , 1:1 . ., : ,' : ..• L ,:,, ~,,,,,"... . niews, tits advance ai.Lireti...-, ,:: ' , ) ~..; . ,,,t , : ' 4 Thank. God. they were it'ov.i p‘...ii.1e,..:"?.1-; :i',id r,',2le, they not : inund‘ to bw ino,t: important ? \Vete. 411,ey- : ' not tiie sole cause whit;; i induced the advance and subl/2equent' retreat-0i `Sit J Siohn tel(iore 3/ 4 O ? 0:a I I3th of . t•itwettiber, Sit :2. - AftrOte • il.:di 'llifiiSi=CE ! at Salamanca, .thus. 115ceived,;.‘villkaut .itn v in forOd - ' . Owl as-to the situation of - the 'Spanish force, and • :is little with respea to the French, divi,i !,I and ,;,:' pafated., itt front r 9 f „the .9-iicnky. 11 51 1 , 1t -,:d hope that, 'hero there i:voLikl I kt . t.V limi lt . r i ii i mi p i tieni • hrowu out aoninsi Sir J. iNioore -..s Izi t , ,:..;:li,!isiozi a . - 1 4is 1-0,...... Hi 1. 1 .1.44ity's Miiii;teri.lia , ..' ,•,-, ' Ih , y !iAI ' ' '!• nothing to do Witlrii. ' lij'ivi:ll' recoliccwd j 1 i t ; adie . ' pices under:, which .the• . itight. linnourahte Genti'' ' tt inn opposite commenced his politiCal career.. He. could recolh.:zi that Right Honourable' Gentleindo to hive quoted Mr, Pitt a; the precedent of liis aCt 3 ; f b r i o tt: u w t o h n e l d co t t i l i ti a c t i e il i, 1 c i g e h h t e. V I : a n p . i t : 3 l c e e n d t l i e n n a t a n n i i l s i o t a r tli y o r ffi t i co l It 6 r employed by him, as thug to rest 11pOn his shoulders, thebltitee 'width he had thrown elf his own. It to the otkiers , whiCh Sir T. Monte .had received whil set i-. ~ speCt to his deitittation for CQrunna, if,lie had 40 00 ' in consequence of those lie received enjoining him " P ' I go by sea, he.would lii‘e acted wrong. The voj'AV .' by , Aea was not Only. dangerous 'but uncertain. tae would4lot bu perniitted to bud, cnif permitted sa wouldt t o reci d Pt :4e Ttt country n o h 6 c e' sid al e i s u s i L t lC!n d u 'i ti i ;d fil o b ' of 1)1• I' L i': ;,1 visions. - If there was but one road it IVEti tieces , i':'7 ,- that lieshottld- divide his. ormy; .iii orde'r to procul 0 either provi,ions for his infantry, or foracte. for bi 3, horses. It could not'surely he his, faillt if rte folic' himself consequently divided, and the Spanish ar mies dispersed. - He had believed that 4 divining 115 Brit', lie would arrive sooner than he Other w i e ~ •yotlf( ' ' . , Under:. those circumstances,' -Sir .L Moore '.v; ore i''. Mr. Frere 'a remonstrance, toating,,,that. ,J .he li' 1101 , '' debarred the tiecess.ary intbrumtion, either b., a eon l [ ' munication from' the Spanish , Govern: o >nt, ~Ii- wirer , , the opartish artnies; Mr. Ftere, ho..vevcr, e;•. a Y , '""- petition of Sr J. Moore'; words, threW the 7 -4 ,311 - i ' j , on the Junta,' with .the addition of some isiierity. o ,- 1 his ow n, WillCil was little calculated ter the brili 9 ; ) ,* 'Minister at a foreign 'Court. 'Ort Nov'. to7th Sit' .":' . . bore, found himself in a situation which it was navy' intended:by his , Aelaje‘q:',s MiniNte:s to hitve pl:ic4d ', him in,; Opposed to the whole ithlitary force of o' 3 i --, French in that country with a'bridy . of Brifiitt tl'Oo.1)5- • .1; comparatively trifling ; yet perhaps one of rliki jarges!' this Country had ever sent. to the Continent no"; its shores.... In this situation lie suggested .by 0•• let l . ° - to Mx:: Frere, ° the necessity .of Using i bite. or wisdom under , those • particular circutitstattees.'"-",,. The answer al Mr. Frer4 was er.trentely cerfoiis , "i- , ; stateil that it was abserVable - bow cvery effort ') ~ the , Vrench was precededd3ran net ;(3.4 . ,•wealcites! 4.- 0 ,, Vs Mr. ,Frtae came. back to this. Cot-ttilrYi- P;, (Lord Te:ople) hoped that ice ‘i atild, do the Cutups . f .' the Kyrie:: of 'exiilititiing 'iiinvell rtioce . fully: 4 '`: this extraerdiluiry, part .oli,.his.:CbtoratilliC44i oll.. ',,,,, tint letter Air. Meru. also requited of Sir), 51%. , .:1re ' - ' advance and join the Spanish armies, in order io Pr.,': vent the irruption of the enemy, ta; inch o bY'ther''